Combined lipstick and flashlight



April 18, 1950 J. J. FoRLENzA 2,504,820

COMBINED LIPSTICK AND FLASHLIGHT Filed July 21. 1947 IN V EN TOR. JAMS J. QRLE NzA VBY AWFH/VEY Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICES COMBINED LIPSTICK AND FLASHLIGHT J amesJ Forlenza., New York, N. Y..l

Application .I uly'21, 19437-,l Serial No.7625468 (Cl. 24U-6:4)

5 Claims; l,

This invention relates to new and useful' improveniente in self-illuminable lipstick applicators.

Among the objects ofthe invention are to provide a compact and practicable lipstick container and applicator having an improved illuminating means; toprovide anv attractive and relatively-inexpensive containerbody; to providea manually actuable illumination control"` means of advantageous type, preferably one including a turn button at the bottom of the container; to. provide a general assemblage of sheet metal or strip metal parts and' parts of insulation material adapted for economical fabrication and interconnection, thereby to simplify the structural elements ofthe electrical circuit between a batteryv in the container, a light bulb adjacent the upper end of the lipstick and said turn button or other illumination control means; and to provide other improvements which willbe referred to or become apparent hereinafter.

A feature of the invention is the provision of an illuminating light source, as the electric bulb aforesaid, which is so` inclined from the vertical, or so associated with a reflector inclined from the vertical, that the lipstick-application illuminating light beam is directedl toward the` end of the lipstick during use of the latter.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, ref'- erence will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and tothe appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly setforth.

1 In the accompanyingdrawings; forming a material part ci this disclosure- Fig. 1 isa perspective viewv of an embodiment of the invention. as now favored, With the top lid removed.

Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale, is a vertical longitudinal section, taken on theline 2 '2 of Fig. 1, `out with the top lid in position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an interior part constituting a cylindricall slideway for-v endwise advancelof the lipstick from the container.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section, taken on the line e--i of Fig. 2, with the top lid removed, and indicating in dot' and dash the working head of the actuating turn button shownY at the bottom f Fie, 2..-

Ffie-. isa horizontal sectamtaken. 011th@ line 5f5. Qf.. Fie 3.

Fig. 6, isa fragmentary perspeotiveiviemfloolfine toward. the inside.- Qf. thefwall of the Container 2. shown at the rightI in Fig. 2, this viewr showing the battery in dot and dash.

Fig. '7 is. a topplan viewV of: the bottom lid, detached.

Fig. S is a fragmentary elevation showingwcertain elements as seen at the upper part offFig. 2, but illustrating a modification.

Referring rst in detail to Figs. 1 7, theV comtainer, marked as a Whole Hl, includes ay main body-having endvwalls lvl and I2', side walls I3 and It, and a top wall l5; the container all around the same being shouldered at lli` and: |11 for friction-retained'y but removable 'mounting' of a: top lid I8' and a bottomlid I9.

The top` Wall |15. near onel end has a` downbent cylindrical'neck surrounding alipstick projection opening, and near its other end has a downformedrecess 2lI having an` inclined flat bottom wall 22- apertured at 23; Within the aperturei23 is a light bulb socket 24 having a top ilange25 by' means of which the socket ishung in place With its center line inclinedy from the verticali; said flange being soldered iniposition as indicated at 25a Mounted in the socket 24 there is a light bulb` 21 having a base '2tand an end contact 19.

The lipstick3tfis-endwisely raisable andloweriable byA a; nnger-piece 3lV movable along a slot 32 formed. in the endwall l I-. The linger-piece 31 is carried by aV cylindrical cup 33- endwselyvmovable' along a. slideway 34 shaped as best shown in Figs- 3 and 5- to have side wings 35 with. the latter providing between them a slot-like open.n ing-32to-match the slot 3-2. The slideway 3'4 may thus be deiined'as'substantially omega-shapedin cross-section.l The main cylindricalportion` of the slideway 3d has inbent tabs 31 at its bottom,

' andat highenandlower-points along said portion opposite the opening Stare struck-out tongues38 (seeFigs. 2-5) Said-tongues 33 aresent through and clinched up against the far side of an insulation block` 39, by Way of slots in the latter, asbest indicated in Fig. With the insulation blocky 39 thu's at* tached to the slideway 34, and with the top of the insulation block wedged' up tightly into the inverted trough 49 below the topvvall- 5 between the neck 2t and the recess 2l, the partsy 34 and 3d, are rigidly mounted in place by application of the rivets i I passing through the holes 42 in the wings o, the slideway 3,4= to secure the. slideway to thema-ll il., Thenthe top of the mainbody ofi. the slideway 3.4.v engages; against the bottom of y the neck. Znxal alignmenttherewith.

When, the topglid I8 is removed, the lipstiokilv may be projected upward for use, by means of theiinger-piece 3I.

For then illuminating the light bulb 21, the following parts are provided.

A resilient strip 43 of conductive metal (Figs. 2 and 4) along its main length is riveted as at 44 to the insulation block 39. Above the insulation block 29 the strip 43 extends as an upwardly inclined leaf spring carrying a stud 45 for making good electrical contact with the end contact '29 of the light bulb 21. Below the insulation block 39 the strip 43 extends as a contact finger 46.

The end electrode 41 of the replaceable battery 48 is resiliently engaged by the over-curledV -ways conductively connected to one terminal of 1 4the light bulb 21.

When, therefore, the contacts 46 and 5I are bridged, the light bulb will be placed in circuit with the battery, and emit illumination.

Y This bridging is effected by rotation of the turn button 51, the shank of which is extended through'the bottom lid I9 and the insulation block 53. Said shank, above said block, has se-v cured thereto by a cross-pin 58 a cap 59 of in- Vverted cup shape and of insulation material.

Across said cap above the upper end of the shank -of the turn button, is a cross-pin 6e of conductive metal. Thus, with the turn button at the angular setting shown in Fig. 2, the contacts 44 and 5I are bridged. A quarter turn of the push -button in either direction energizes the light bulb if previously deenergized, and deenergizes it if previously energized.

. The battery 48 at its top abuts an L-shaped bracket 6I, riveted at `|52 to the wall I2, and at its bottom rests on' a similar bracket 63 riveted at 64 to said wall. The battery is releasably held against the wall I2 by the clip 55.

It willbe noted that the battery 48 is placed in the container with its end electrode 41 lowermost. This is advantageous, as it allows the turn button to be placed on the bottom lid I9, and shortens materially one of the circuit-subdivision elements additional to the main body of the container; while, at the same time, loose wires are eliminated.

To remove the battery, as for a replacement A thereof, it is merely necessary toremove the bottom lid I9, and then, by prying against its electrode. 41, swing the lower end of the battery to ward the left in Fig. 2 until the battery bottom is clearly away from the bracket 63, and slide the battery out of the container. The manner of insertion of a replacement battery will be clear from what has just beenv said.

It will further be noted that the light bulb 21 is positioned to direct its light beam at 'an angle, for converging the beam and the working point of the lipstick when the latter is projected for use. Y Y y Referring to the modification of Fig. 3, this shows the Vsame collection of parts asseen at the'upper. part of Fig. 2, similarly viewed; the only differences here being the following. InsteadV of the recess 2|, a recess 65 is provided which has a horizontal bottom, this apertured for suspending a light bulb socket like the socket 24 as the latter is suspended but with the top flange 66 of the socket horizontal. Thus the axis of the light bulb B1 is vertical. However, overlying the flange 66 is a reflector 68, soldered in place as at 69 so as to be held to the desired inclination; such reflector having an aperture (not shown) located for having passed therethrough the base of the light bulb for seating of the latter in the socket. The strip 16 corresponds to the strip 43, with the upper leaf spring portion thereof for engaging the light bulb base merely slightly shorter in length, and being somewhat differently resiliently biased, than in Fig. 2.

It is to be understood that the light bulb may be connected in the device in any suitable manner depending upon the size, shape and material of the combined lipstick and flashlight.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a lipstick applicator having a hollow y metallic body formed with spaced end walls, an open'bottom end and a top wall formed with Van opening'adjacent one end wall and having a metallic guideway mounted within the bodyl on the one end wall vin axial alignment with the opening and slidably supporting a lipstick for' extension through the opening, a metallic:`

lid closing the open bottom end of the body, a metallic clip mounted on the other end wall of the body for'supporting a battery with its shell contact engaged bysaid clip and with its end vcontact directed toward said lid, a light bulb socket mounted in a recess'formed in the top wall of the body adjacent the opening for supporting a light bulb with its shell contact threadedly engaging said socket and with its end contact extended into the body, a resilient strip mounted on andtelectrically insulated from the side of the metallic guideway adjacent said clip and having its top end bent to engage the end contact of a light bulb supported in said socket, an insulation block mounted on the inside face of said lidbeneath said clip, a metallic spring secured intermediate of its ends to said insulation block and having one end bent to engage the end contact of a battery supported in said clip, said spring having its other end bent to extend substantially at right angles to said insulation block, said resilient strip having its bottom end extended parallel to but spaced from the said other end of said spring, and means for electrically connecting the said other end of said spring and the said bottom end of said resilient strip for completing an electrical circuit from the end contact of a battery supported in said clip to the end contacter a light bulb supported vin said socket.

2. In a lipstick applicatorhaving a hollow metallic `body formed with spaced end walls, an open bottom end and a top wall formed with an opening adjacent one end wall and having a metallic guideway mounted within the body on the one end Ywallinvaxial alignment with the openingV and slidably supporting a lipstickfor extension through the opening, a metallicld engaged by said clip and with "tsiehd Contact directed "toward "lid, a light bulb socket mounted inalrecessormed-in the top wall of the body adjacent tliep' Ai`rlg"'fc``r supporting a fifgnt baite-with itsv snm-mentari eadeaiy engaging said socket and With-lits -c'ntacti'xtended into "ithebody,afresilientstrip mounted on and-.electrically insulatedirom the side of the t, anfinsulation ith its sh ll of .a battery supported insaid clip, saidhsprin'g having'i-tsiother end bentto-'extend substantially atrightangles to nsaidinsulationrblock,isaithresilient'stifipfhaving its bottom-end-extendedf'parallel to but spaced from the said other end rof said spring, and means for electrically connecting the said other end of said spring and the said bottom end of said resilient strip for completing an electrical -circuit from the end contact of a battery supported in said clip to the end contact of a light bulb supported in said socket, and a top lid for engagement over the top end of the body over the opening and said recess.

3. In a lipstick applicator having a hollow metallic body formed with spaced end walls, an open bottom end and a top wall formed with an opening adjacent one end wall and having a metallic guideway mounted within the body on the one end wall in axial alignment with the opening and slidably supporting a lipstick for extension through the opening, a metallic lid closing the open bottom end of the body, a metallic clip mounted on the other end wall of the body for supporting a battery with its shell contact engaged by said clip and with its end contact directed toward said lid, a light bulb socket mounted in a recess formed in the top Wall of the body adjacent the opening for supporting a light bulb with its shell contact threadedly engaging said socket and With its end contact extended intothe body, a resilient strip mounted on and electrically insulated from the side of the metallic guideway adjacent said clip and having its top end bent to engage the end contact of a light bulb supported in said socket, an insulation block mounted on the inside face of said lid beneath said clip, a metallic spring secured intermediate of its ends to said insulation block and having one end bent toengage the end contact of a battery supported in said clip, said spring having its other end bent to extend vsubstantially at right angles to said insulation block, said l resilient strip having its bottom end extended parallel to but spaced from the said other end of said spring, and means for electrically connecting the said other end of said spring and the said bottom end of said resilient strip for completing an electrical circuit from the end contact of a battery supported in said clip to the end contact of a light bulb supported in said socket, and an insulation block mounted on the side of the metallic guideway adjacent said clip, said resilient strip being mounted on said latter-mentioned insulation block. u Y

4. In a lipstick applicator ha,v ing la hollow metallic body formed with spaced'iendwalls, an open bottom end and a top wall formed with an having "drie 'end bent to engage the "end "'coitabt of a battery supported in said clip, said spring having its other end bent to extend substantially at right angles to said insulation block, said resilient strip having its bottom end extended parallel to but spaced from the said other end of said spring, and means for electrically connecting the said other end of said spring and the said bottom end of said resilient strip for completing an electrical circuit from the end contact of a battery supported in said clip to the end contact of a light bulb supported in said socket, said means comprises a shank rotatively mounted through said insulation block and said lid, a cap of insulation material mounted on the inner end of said shank and disposed between the adjacent faces ci the bottom end of said resilient strip and the said other end of said spring, and a cross pin mounted diametrically through said cap and having its ends exposed at opposite sides of said cap to make contact with the bottom end of said resilient strip and the said other end of said spring when said shank is turned to a position in which said cross pin is at right angles between the adjacent faces of the said bottom end and thesaid i other end.

5. In a lipstick applicator having a hollow metallic body formed with spaced end Walls, an open bottom end and a top wall formed with an opening adjacent one end wall and having a metallic guideway mounted within the body on the one end Wall in axial alignment with the opening and slidably supporting a lipstick for extension through the opening, a metallic lid closing the open bottom end of the body, a metallic clip mounted on the other end wall of the body for supporting a battery with its shell contact engaged by said clip and with its end contact directed toward said lid, a light bulb socket mounted in a recess formed in the top wall of the body adjacent the opening for supporting a light -bulb with its shell contact threadedly engaging said socket and with its end contact extended into the body, aresilient strip mounted on and electrically insulated lfrom the side of the metallic guideway adjacent said clip and having its top end bent to engage the end contact of va light bulb supported in said socket, an insulation block mounted on the inside face of said lid beneath said clip, a metallic spring secured intermediate of its ends to said insulationblock and having one end bent to engage the end contact of a battery supported lin said clip, said of Vsaid spring, and means for electrically connecting the said other end of said spring and t the said bottom end of said resilient strip-for completing Van electrical circuit from Vthe end contact of a battery supported in said Vclip to theend contact of a light bulb supported in said socket, said means comprises a shank rotatively .mounted through said insulation block and said lid, a cap of insulation material mounted on the inner end of said shank and disposed between the adjacent faces of the bottom end o f said resilient strip and the said other end of said spring, and across pin mounted diametrical- 1y through said cap and having its ends exposed at'opposite sides of said cap to make contact' with the bottom end of said resilient strip and the said fother 'end of said spring when said shankvis turned to a position in which said cross pin is at right angles between the adjacent faces of the -8 said bottom end and the said other end, and a knob mounted on the outer end of said shank beneath said lid to be manually gripped for turning said shank. y

JAMES J. FORLENZAL.v

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